Re: Help - Mount motor on Trailer Tongue

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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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SEEMS TO ME THAT THE MOUNT I SAW WAS MADE OF WOOD AND CLAMPED TO THE FRONT
POST OF THE TRAILER-THE POST THAT THE WINCH IS MOUNTED ON. IF YOU COULD
OBTAIN A SQUARE U-BOLT OF THE SAME SIZE THAT IS USED TO MOUNT THE WINCH AND
THE TRAILER JACK, YOU COULD MOUNT A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON LARGE ENOUGH TO
TAKE THE WEIGHT OF THE MOTOR AND SAFELY CARRY IT IN THIS LOCATION. THE
BOLTS SHOULD BE INEXPENSIVE, AS WELL AS THE ANGLE IRON. THE MOUNT THAT I
SAW LOOKED GOOD(THE WOODEN ONE) BUT LOOKED TO BE MORE ELABORATE THAN
NECESSARY, AND WITH THE WOOD COMPONENTS, MAYBE NOT AS DURABLE.

JOHN CAIRNS WWP-19 #960